Jes, Train Tracks and a Bridge...

Music | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Charles Mingus

Cold, bone chilling winds, a great location and the possibility of the law to take us away, we quickly forged ahead to get these shots. I had seen this spot only from afar, but looked exactly as I had imagine when we got up there. Because this bridge crosses the Columbia river, I knew security would be tight, but I still thought we would be able to get in and out fast enough. After not even 5 minutes, as we made out way back down to the car, I saw the Police drive up and I knew we would be questioned. After convincing the officer we were there only to shoot these photos, of which he was quite impressed with, I think, he still got our identification and called dispatch to make sure we weren't on the 10 most dangerous wanted list.

The tracks and bridge was our second location and we only spent just a little more time at the first. Though cloudless skies looked inviting, I was reminded of how the midwest blue skies with frigid temps always fooled me.

Jes was a wonderful subject making the best of the conditions that we had to deal with. The results turned out fantastic.


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Fashionable Art

Music | Angel by Weekend Players

This personal project came out of a desire to take my artistic side of photography into a more profound realm I have not dabbled in before. With my subject matter and concept, I had to come up with an idea to submit to an exhibition that dealt with alternative forms of photography, where my wet plate collodion would fit into perfectly. That being the major intention of moving forward with this project, I knew also the idea of creating fashionable art would come into play. I had to photograph this digitally as well for documentation purposes, not only for myself, but my muse and model, and the creator of the great head pieces by Françoise Weeks, one of the premiere floral designers in the region.

Here are only a few of the many photographs that came out as "Art Posters" from this series. Keep in mind Françoise and I are intending on growing this series in the near future. Though not necessarily in the tradition of what Photo Privé is all about, I think the beauty of stretching the limits will be appreciated.


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A Portrait

Music | Meditations for Moses by Charlie Mingus